OG & Crab went to a ballgame and wax poetic about the cinéma vérité of baseball front offices.

Mackey's article about Matt Arnold: https://www.post-gazette.com/sports/jason-mackey/2025/05/24/mlb-pirates-ben-cherington-brewers-matt-arnold/stories/202505230061

MLB dot com article by Adam McCalvy about Matt Arnold's rise to GM: https://www.mlb.com/news/matt-arnold-takes-over-brewers-baseball-operations

OG & Crab assess the early returns on Donny-ball and reassess who's to blame for all this after all.

OG & Crab react to Ben Cherington's press conference regarding the firing of Pirates manager Derek Shelton.

OG & Crab assess the first month of the Pirates' season, check in on predictions, and read some numbers from Fangraphs.

OG & Crab discuss Andrew McCutchen’s recent comments to the press and speculate what will happen once the Pirates’ present front office leadership is replaced.

OG was wrong: the 1909 Pirates won 110 games on their way to a World Series title and the 1902 Pirates won 103. 98 wins is the third most, a total the club has achieved three other times beyond 2015 (1991, 1979, & 1908).

OG & Crab rant about the Pirate's inability to get out of their own way, and pick apart Jeff Passan's recent appearance on Baseball Today.

OG and Crab put Ben Cherington on trial for his mismanagement of the Pirates over the past half decade.

OG & Crab lament the Pirate's poor play on Opening Day in Miami, and hand in the 2025 Predictions late (-5 points for tardiness).

OG & Crab discuss:
- Ken Rosenthal scolds Bob Nutting
- Andrew Miller is spoiling for a fight
- Jeff Passan thinks a salary cap would kill the golden goose
- Yinzers have Nutting Derangement Syndrome

In our pilot episode, OG & Crab discuss the recent Pittsburgh Post-Gazette and DK Pittsburgh Sports muckracking of the Pirates' finances.